Lydia Pinkham advertisement and mixed notices in a 1900s issue
An ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women with female troubles and change of life. It features letters from customers and claims of relief, plus a note that the letters are read by women, not men, and that the correspondence is verified by Lynn Massachusetts officials. The page also includes miscellaneous local notes and a few unrelated lines about trains, poker slang, and U.S. place-name trivia.
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Dean Maas
Lydia
Pinkham
Mas. Gro
Jung
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dean Mas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minna Fixxe
Coe, N. Y
Dean Mrs. Pirgnam
Snys
Mas
Nina Cuan Ulton
Pincnam
Lydia EK
Nina Cmas
Fulton, N. Y
England's Armored Trains and Stomach Bitters Cited
A reflective note on influence from Rev Dr Adam contrasts with a booster for England's armored trains in the Boer War and a claim that Mostetter's Stomach Bitters cures indigestion and related ailments. The Ad also mentions women and judgment in mate selection in a separate aside.
Tests of oil fuel prove unsatisfactory for navy use
The text notes British navy trials of oil as fuel failing to meet expectations. It compares patent fuel from coal dust and tar as nearly as effective as coal. Also mentioned are various patent medicines and advertisements, including Piso's Cure, Chamberlain products, and catarrh remedies, plus a Texas jury verdict declaring a horse thief not guilty.
Allen's Foot-Ease and North Coast Limited Extras
An assortment of notices includes Allen's Foot-Ease promising rapid relief and trials, boastful testimonials, and distributable pricing. Railway notes tout the North Coast Limited with electric berth lights and an observation car. Historical vignettes recount Stonewall Jackson's era and bridge plans. Costa Rica bananas are advertised as a new possession supplying the U S market.
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Lewiston
Buffalo Hump
Big Bend
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai
North Coast Limited
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Blood Humors Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla
Testimonies praise Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier curing eruptions and catarrh. Misie Peasie Garris of Michigan claims facial eruptions vanished after taking it. Alria Haswinrom of Indiana says serofule sores disappeared after a few weeks. Orro B K Moose of Wisconsin reports sores cleared after starting the medicine.
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Talwaye
Howl
Saraperilla
Berle
Hakiwin
BK Moose
Mount Hope
Wis
Distributive Trade Trends and Market Signals
Bradstreet's reports a busy week in wholesale dry goods with accumulation in agricultural products and provisions signaling future price movements. Wheat and flour shipments reach 2,962,349 bushels, sugar market demoralization is confined to refiners, and Japan restricts general business to 60 foreign insurers.
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Bradstreet's
United States
Dominion of Canada
Wholesale prices for produce and dairy item listings
A dense list of market rates for onions lettuce potatoes beets carrots parsnips and many more. It includes per sack per dozen per pound and per ton figures for fruits vegetables meats dairy grains and livestock products from multiple regions and brands.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Keef
Peruna Promises Health Across Nebraska Families
A Nebraska contractor Mr Carl T Roberts praises Peruna for curing his family ailments from croup to malaria and pleurisy and saving on doctors bills. Hon William Youngblood endorses it for catarrh and a reader from Kansas reports improved nervousness. The piece touts Peruna as a household safeguard and offers a free work on chronic catarrh.
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Neraska
Carl T. Roberts
Mason
Hartman
James
Charlie
John
Peruna
Nebraska
C. T. Roberts
Falls City
William ‘‘Oungblood
The
Interior
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Ohio
T. G. Walker
Carneiro
Kansas
Peruna Medicine Company
Civil War Survivors and Pension Notes in Press
The pension bureau estimates 1 032 418 surviving Civil War soldiers excluding deserters. About 12 000 remain unpensioned. The average survivor age is 60. Also notes on Northern Pacific North Coast Limited service and mail/mourning envelopes policy. Ireland reports fewer personal crisis cases relative to population. California fruit trees show 43 percent orange and 15 percent lemon.
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Sac City
Iowa
Lydia B. Pinkham
Jesu
Sirmch
Ti Ia
Chicago Daily News
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Nambergs
Maris
Loudon
Adam
England
Mostetter
Ljechensjigen Pinter
Ag F. Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
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Weer & Tavax
Toledo
WaLoina
Man & Manvin
Woolewle
Tiall
Ab Grogiste
Texas
Allen
Allen 3
le Roy
N.Y
United States Army
London
Costa Rica
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Jackson
Meyers
Myers
Col
Hood
Bradstreet
Japan
Pacific Coast Trade
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
Nevada
Oregon Burbanks
River Burbanks
Salinas Burbanks
Valencia
William Youngblood
Roberts
Neb
ADIES
Alabastine Co
Alarastine CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited
French Post Office Department
Ireland
Portland
Orecon
Seattle
Salem
McMinnville
Medford
la Grande
Holton
Kan
Flo
Ogden
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Asays
Salt Lake Tribune
Chicago
San Francisco
J. D. Mansfield
Washington Street
Geo. W. Heintz
Michigan
Portland Directory
Portland Wire & Tron Works
Cawston & CO
First St
Portland, Or
John Poole
Porttagp
Onrcoy
AK Wl Ladies’ Purchasing Agency
Morrison
Maller Express
Buffalo Pitts
Yamhill
Moore
Gunn
Tripe
Boganko
Renan Pension Bickford
H. Voss
Salieg
Nalzer
Salver
Ralter Seed CO
la Rose
Wim
Cleese
Basing
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Beare
Worth
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Lewis
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Neapolis
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Astoria
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Thur
Hivers
Dayton
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Willamette
Corral
Ve & Way
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W. H. Hurlburt
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Newberg
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Yellowstone National Park
Foot
6Th St
Kalama
Kelso
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Winlock
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All Points East
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S.m
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New Lady Boston
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A. D. Charlton
Marriews St
Col. Third
E. H. Woodward
Loral
Newlery
Mann
All Newsdeniera, Munn & Co
Washington, D
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Wests Rane
Aaveninere
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